Please join us for the opening lecture and reception of the Factory for Urban Living exhibition. Where: Palais de Seoul | 30, Jahamun-ro 10-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 종로구 자하문로 10길 30 이룸빌딩 When: 17 March 2018, 4pm The event is free and open to the public Project : Architecture‘s proposal titled, 인형: In the Shape of a … [continue]→

Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA | 2017 [ cover story, SPACE ] Located on a strictly preserved wooded area, this project converges with the site and environment through a zero-energy strategy. While the massing adheres to tight setback restrictions, the roof breaks free of the house’s orthogonal geometry to optimize orientation of the solar panels. At the same … [continue]→

Lexington, MA 2006 [ AIA/BSA Housing Design Award, Metropolis Next Generation Prize, Featured in Resource Salvation: The Architecture of Reuse ] As a prototype building that demonstrates how infrastructural refuse can be salvaged and reused, the structural system for this house is comprised of steel and concrete discarded from Boston’s Big Dig. Utilizing over 600,000 pounds … [continue]→

The 2013 Sciame Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY There are uncanny parallels between the 1960s and today in terms of social, political, and environmental issues. However, where ‘Metabolist’ and ‘Situationist’ architecture offered alternative forms of practice and discourse, does today’s architecture lack a relevant movement in … [continue]→

This recording studio for innovative recording engineer and musician Pete Weiss, solves issues of acoustics while engaging the site and context. An extension of an existing century-old barn, the new structure utilizes a variation on the pitched roofs in the area: a simple ‘scissor’ truss is mirrored to create both east and west skylights while … [continue]→

Please join us for ‘Active Archive,’ the culminating symposium for the Seoul Biennale International Studios. Where: DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza) Academy Hall, D281, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul When: September 5th, Tuesday 10am The event is free and open to the public Archiving typically entails the storage of ideas and objects, fixing them to a historical timeframe. … [continue]→

Please join us for Dominique Perrault’s lecture, Groundscape Stories: Paris. Îla de la Cité, The Monument Island at Seoul National University. The lecture is in partnership with the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism and the Mokchon Kim Jung Sik Foundation. Where: SNU MoA Auditorium When: April 20th, Thursday 7pm The lecture is free and … [continue]→

Please join us for Gerard Reinmuth’s lecture, Rationality: Beyond the Object. Professor Reinmuth is Founding Director of the internationally acclaimed firm TERROIR and Professor in Practice and Associate Head of School at University of Technology Sydney. His work and research challenges the domain of architecture through the assertion that the singularity of any given architectural object … [continue]→

Imminent Connections: Explorations of the Seoul Station Area Seoul Biennale International Studios Symposium Where: Samsung Library Auditorium, SunKyunKwan University 2066, Seobu-ro, Janga-gu, Suwon-si 성균관대학교 자연과학대학캠퍼스, 삼성학술정보관 오디토리움, 수원시 장안구 서부로 2066 When: Thursday 23 MAR 2017, 13:30-18:00 The event is free and open to the public As part of the ongoing events of the Seoul … [continue]→

If zoning at its core is about egalitarian relationships, we are at a crossroads where computation can play a major role in successful urban design. By leveraging performance based zoning standards instead of prescriptive rules, this tool demonstrates that there does not need to be an inverse relationship between density and quality of our urban … [continue]→